[Gllug] /etc/hosts caching

Rob Crowther robertc at boogdesign.com
Thu Jun 3 20:40:27 UTC 2004


Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Anybody know how to make this mad operating system behave on a network?
> Finding a solution has been made more difficult by the fact that MS do
> not use the term "broadcast address" anywhere in their documentation,
> presumably because they do not allow you to manipulate it.
> 

If you have Windows DHCP then Broadcast Address is number 028 on 'Scope 
Options'.  I assume this can also be set on Linux DHCP and Windows 
clients will pick it up though I've never tried it myself.

Rob
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